Applicability of behavioural finance by Chong, Chee Wah, Low, Ji Teng, Paik, Jek Yin

“…Specifically, they were the (i) Volatility Index (VIX), (ii) Consumer Sentiment Index (CSI), (iii) Bull-Bear Spread Index (BBS) and the (iv) Investor Sentiment Index (ISI). …”
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Intelligent database design for microgrids in low voltage distribution systems-I GUI and database design by Ng, Pei Fen

“…Among these fossil fuels, coal is the largest source of fuel consumed for generating electricity globally. Many millions of years is required for coal to be formed thus it cannot be replenished easily once it is combusted. …”
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Behave The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst / by Sapolsky, Robert M., author 656050, Penguin Random House (Online service) 655978

“…Sapolsky's storytelling concept is delightful but it also has a powerful intrinsic logic: he starts by looking at the factors that bear on a person's reaction in the precise moment a behavior occurs, and then hops back in time from there, in stages, ultimately ending up at the deep history of our species and its evolutionary legacy. …”
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Unequal health: the scandal of our times by Dorling, D

“…Most people’s health is much better now than then, but the gaps in life expectancy between regions, between cities, and between neighbourhoods within cities now surpass the worst measures over the last hundred years. In almost all other affluent countries, inequalities in health are lower and people live longer. …”

An experimental setup for physiological evaluation of face mask by Joseph, Frank Gerard

“…This had resulted in increased public interest in face mask construction and effectiveness to prevent the spread of airborne pathogens. For many years prior to COVID-19, face mask manufacturers have tried to quantify the effectiveness of face masks through various tests and experiments. …”
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Object individuation and physical reasoning in infancy : an integrative account by Baillargeon, Renée, Stavans, Maayan, Wu, Di, Gertner, Yael, Setoh, Peipei, Kittredge, Audrey K., Bernard, Amélie

“…In their seminal work, Xu and Carey (1996) found that it is typically not until the end of the first year that infants detect a violation when a single object is revealed. …”
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Energy Profiling and Potential Energy Saving of a Keropok Lekor Small Industry by Ahmad Wardi, Ahmad Wafri, Hariri, Azian, Nordin, Normayati, Mat Isa, Norasikin, Nasir, Nurul Fitriah, Zakaria, Hanis, Nor Salim, Nor Adrian, Sani, Winardi, Buwono, Haris Puspito

“…The cost analysis showed 0.73 years of the pay-back period for LED tubes retrofitting and 6 years for solar panel installation. …”
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Response to Comment on “Unique in the shopping mall: On the reidentifiability of credit card metadata” by de Montjoye, Yves-Alexandre, Pentland, Alex

“…The synthetic data set that they “successfully anonymize” bears no resemblance to modern high-dimensional data sets on which their methods fail. …”
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Recent advances of optical imaging in the drying process of grains – a review by Jimoh, Kabiru Ayobami, Hashim, Norhashila, Shamsudin, Rosnah, Che Man, Hasfalina, Jahari, Mahirah

“…Meanwhile, the application of optical spectroscopy such as ultraviolet–visible (UV–Vis), near-infrared (NIR), and shortwave infrared (SWIR) spectral in grain drying were less evaluated in recent years. …”

Design and performance study of joint radar and communication (RadComm) system by Toh, Brandon Jun Xing

“…Performance metrics, including radar detection accuracy, communication throughput, and BER, are thoroughly analyzed under diverse environmental challenges such as interference, mobility, and multipath fading. …”
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Bit-error-rate analysis of UWB radio using BPSK modulation over inter-chip radio channels for wireless chip area networks by Chen, Zhiming, Zhang, Yue Ping, Hu, Ai Qun, Ng, Tung Sang

“…In this paper, we analyze bit-error rate (BER) of an ultra-wideband (UWB) radio with binary phase-shift keying (BPSK) modulation over an inter-chip wireless radio channel. …”
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Facebook guide to attract and recruit generation Y graduates. by Lim, Joyce Wen Qin., Sia, Samuel Yujian., Wibisono, Aprilia Mona.

“…In recent years, companies can be seen establishing their presence on social media for marketing purposes, and increasingly for recruitment as well. …”
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Biovalorisation of food waste in Singapore : synergistic effect of a mixed culture in solid-state fermentation by Ong, Adwin Reng Jun

“…Okara and brewer’s spent grain (BSG) are manufacturing side streams produced in massive amounts from the soy and beer industries, respectively, and contributes significantly to food waste. …”
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Encapsulation of probiotics for food and beverage applications by Ang, Kai Lin

“…Up to date, no studies have been done to examine the viability of probiotics in popular, well-liked, commercialized carbonated sodas/beers, but it is known that certain components in these matrices (e.g. phosphoric acid in soda, hops and ethanol in beers) can reduce the viability of probiotics. …”
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Factual approach for tropical forest parameters measurement and monitoring: future option with a focus on synergetic use of airborne and terrestrial lidar technologies by Bazezew, Muluken N., Hussin, Yousif A., Kloosterman, Evert H., M. Hasmadi, Ismail

“…This approach contributes to the development of efficient techniques for forest monitoring systems and bears the potential to extend the modelling options from remote sensing data to understory layer trees.…”

A three-membered diazo-aluminum heterocycle to access an Al=C π bonding species by Yan, Chenting, Kinjo, Rei

“…An X-ray study shows that the anionic part of 5 bears a considerable short exocyclic Al-C bond, and computational studies involving molecular orbital and natural bond orbital analysis indicate the Al=C π bonding character. …”
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Easing the “second-shift” burden : grandparental childcare and the subjective wellbeing of working mothers in Singapore by Cheo, Rachel Ka Yang

“…However, it is still common for working mothers to bear the brunt of both domestic and paid work. In the present study, I explored the role of grandparents as providers of childcare for their grandchildren in contemporary Singapore. …”
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Offset-16QAM-based coherent WDM with multi-carrier group detection by Xiang, Meng, Fu, Songnian, Tang, M., Shum, P., Liu, Deming

“…Moreover, 0.5 dB required OSNR penalty at BER=10-3 is obtained given 18 GHz ADC bandwidth. …”
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Up in smoke : peatland fires in Russia and Indonesia by Sofiah Jamil

“…The heatwaves behind the current Russian fires bear similarities with the Indonesian experiences in 1998 and 2006, Indonesia and ASEAN could share their experiences in addressing peatland fires with Russia.…”
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Safety analysis of active mobility mode by Ho, Siu Joon

“…Logistical regression model was chosen as it can be used as future predictor for near misses or crashes at a particular location. …”
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